Single and double hand alphabet

By Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

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Publish Date

1856

Publisher

C.A. Alvord, printer, 15 Vandewater Street, New York

Language

eng

Pages

Description:

Illustrates two manual alphabets for the deaf and the deaf-blind; has prominent illustration of the "new Institution for the Deaf and the Dumb ... situated on the east side of the Hudson River, about nine miles from the City Hall, N.Y." as well as portraits and brief biographic information on the Abbe de L'Epee, and Laura Bridgeman [sic]; has instructional texts.

subjects: American Sign Language, Deaf, Means of communication, Education, New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb

People: Charles-Michel de L'Epée (1712-1789), Laura Dewey Bridgman (1829-1889)

Places: United States